GOVERNMENT !? WAITING FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION 1Y
v tn FIELD AflENTE. - - '
m?at
report ot
?hows that, IT,
the nil(T,l? contributed
.. home eerrioe fond vu de
?oted to the purchase and erection oi
hoaptals end rescue Borneo.
French Denounce False Reports
o# the Foaftiea Taken by U. S
Fhutklort. ? A proclamation issued
by tho Trench authorities asserts- that
ifitators are spreading false reports
in an endeaTor to arouse the popu
lAoe. It brands as absolutely fait*
reports that thO United States K de
? waadhn withdrawal of the JYensI
f
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ireapa from the occupied area. *
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DEMOCRATIC SUBSTITUTE WAI
VOTED DOWN IY A RATHER
LAM # MAJOR J TY.
ranking democrat of the foreign af>
fain committee, to seed the resolu
tion Mole to that committee *ith in
strocttens to reportoat a substitute
repealing all war-time acts. The rote
ea that motion wan 171 for and 222
The vote oa the passage of the
reeolotioa was Sti to 160, pres
ent two.
Twenty-two democrat*, jbined with
the n^ihUcaa majority to supporting
the resolution and two republican*
voted against Its adoption. -
On the democratic \sabstitiite, of
fered as a motion to recommit, the
est* Tote other than that of adoption
rf th? resolution ooakted under the
raw, ?ree stmoczvis uptu o#
tatvador Propaaa an
Excluding United State*.
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Lancashire Interest* to Consider
Largo Venture in Cotton Qrewtng.
Lomdon. ? A Itrie Teatnr? la cottoe
growing, requiring capital of asm/
of pouads, shortly i? to tn? put
the Lucas'ulre cotton inter
a dlspatUi to The Loadoa
TiBies irom Manchester.
(tallroajTOperetliig Expeneoo Are
CoMMeMly Above the Revenue*.
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a*ocrr w kiim wangle*
ACTION TAKEN IN WWUICI
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the lOT.TOMKmtoit George CpmI
former fibairnfra of the committee %?
public information ; Roger W. Sajbscaa
at Wallas ley Hills, Vut, and othert
concerned la tlx transfer of the coot
mltUet war publication, The OfHcW,
Bulletin, to Babson are rocomgtipflK
to a report made public by Senatoi
Smaot, Utah, chairman, ami fiaprai^i
Utlre Klese, vice chairman of flKj
joint congrataion&l printing oommifc
im \
New York.? George Creel, former
on public
Information, branded *a "lies" the#
legation* contained in a report made
.public by Senator anoot in connao*
tion with the transfer of the official
bulletin to Boger W. Jtafreon. - ;
"This is one of Senator SmoOT
liaa," Creel declarad. -and no one
.Jourira better than Senator Smoot that
Jt la a lie."
"The . -whole inciaent n merely a*
excuse for Sridot to revenge himself
for my share in the ICorgan expo
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Vienna thiper* Are Pleased Over
The Franco- English Discussion
Vienna. ? Satisfaction orer 4^>s> j
patches telling of dissension be
tween Great Britain anu France, rela
tive to the action of the > latter 1b
sending troops in German cities put
of the Rhine it not concealed by the
Vienna newspapers, which express the
hope that France will he Isolated.
France is credited with designs which
may provoke further bloodshed and
Invites the entente to Intervene "mors
than verbally to prevent hostilities."
Union Leaders Still Hope to be.
Able to Control Rebellious Men
Waahtagtoh.? -Should the striken ot
railroad employes threaten a paraly
sis at .JrSfiaportatkn the federal gov
eminent' Would hare to intervene, it
was said by high administration of
ficials. The strike Is aot regarded as
having reached that stage, and govern*
meqt officers who are keeping In close
touch with the situation . are of the
opinion that the authorised lsadmt of
the onions will be able to control wttlfr
oat government interfere* eo- ? J"
ffra* queetfcm waa the oat
feature, the platform com
coHuneaded in a majority t?
..the matter of 8offra?& |w|
ie voters of the state wkoi
cide'o? an amendmetn to
\<?aatitatlon at the genera]
March Revenue Collections
Internal rereaue collections In the
North Carolina district in March to
talkri4l0, ? . t,..
Nearly ten millions can* from to
bacco. Income taxes amounted to
$$2S7<SXL10. ;
Cotton Association to Sue
Atlanta,. Ga.( (Special) ? Permission
for the American Cotton association
and the 12 in dividual* to join with
J. J. Brown, Georgia commissioner of
agriculture and others in a suit
against George McFadden and Broth
ers and other large cotton buying con
cern? in this section wae granted in
federal district court hera
The new lnterrenors declared in a
petition that they also were damaged
by the alleged conspiracy charge in
the orglnai suit to depress the price
ofjp* grade cotton. *. f -V %
d 8 mOM ??WU? lor our
o t Hertford, ?ne *t the ot
Two Conditional Pardons luued
? Conditional clemency wa* extended
by Governor T. W. Bickett to II. Q.
Staton, Lenoir coaaty, serving a
road sentence for having H<juor In ^ia
possession and to Frank Tart, WUnoa
comity, serving eight years for second
degree murder. Both prisoners are
required to observed foo4 behavior
and remaln j*w abiding dtlseni. M
wav u?jr iotv*hv???m?v ? 'wrr ?
business, so far as it relates to home
supplies. The "Liberty" aelteervfee
corporation would operate the device
In a system of chain stores.
The purpose of the proposition Is to
reduce the high cost^of living by snb
Btltutlng machinery for clerks.
Dissolution of Corporation .. ,
Articles o? dissolution were filled
with the Secretary of State by the
Hope Hills Manufactory Co? of
Hope Mills. The company operated
four large cotton mills on Rockfish
creek In and near Hope Mills. Qne of
the factories wa* the first cotton mill
ever erected la the State. Several
years ago the company waa taken
over by Northern capitalists,, who
have recently disposed of their feoU*
inga.' . V, ? ? ;-:V
Shlpman haa field Out .
lL fihipman. State commisaioner
u;?n> ??d priitlifc !?.
of his last newspaper in
North -Carolina, the Brevard New*
Mr. Shtomani' :%nat^^-*-i^^ri
opanty, f4noe?jFj
sonviUe N^wsi^Bjjf. r?n^i ??- *3S?v<f ,
. SR*?
? cost *u
aBaK&HS
&. tot fotttenant. flSJtV States
Army Medical Corpj. tPWB ?hlcibi#
wm discharged a lew days ago, passt
ed through the city, accompanied If
lite brother, Mr. Vernon Weathers, on
their wayto their home atCWU'cote,
Ohio. Doth Dr. Weathers and fed*
brother formerly lived kirn. %
Drnrn,? Carmen ot Sampson and
Harnett coantleB aad businessmen of
Dunn and other towns alonf the root*
of the proposed Baaaoke and galea
bars Railroad have practically com
pleted tentative plana for the project
aad -trill certainly bufld the rjiad, ac
cording to Granville V. Tllfhcoan, of
tt? TUfhaaaa Lumber Oompany.
Thirteen States of Mexlee Have
Jojtoel Senora In Her tsoss
Aufox. Phleta, Sonata, Meateq-*
General 'J. M. Hike, atflag trat
divisional amy of the state dLt&man,
has announced he had receh^d seal
official informdtici: thatU additional
states of the republic had veted- te lei.
W the example of the stat* of te>
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